like vs pall

like

verb
  • To prefer and maintain (an action) as a regular habit or activity. 

  • To be likely. 

  • To show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote. 

  • To want, desire. See also would like. 

  • To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of. 

  • To find attractive; to prefer the company of; to have mild romantic feelings for. 

  • To accept as an input. 

prep
  • Typical of 

  • Approximating 

  • In the manner of, similarly to 

  • Such as 

  • Similar to, reminiscent of 

  • As if there would be 

  • Used to ask for a description or opinion of someone or something 

conj
  • As if; as though. 

  • As, the way. 

adv
  • In a like or similar manner. 

noun
  • An individual vote showing support for, approval of, or enjoyment of, something posted on the Internet. 

  • The stroke that equalizes the number of strokes played by the opposing player or side. 

  • Something that a person likes (prefers). 

  • Someone similar to a given person, or something similar to a given object; a comparative; a type; a sort. 

particle
  • A delayed filler. 

  • Likely. 

  • Indicating approximation or uncertainty. 

  • Used to precede an approximate quotation or paraphrase or an expression of something that happened. 

adj
  • Similar. 

  • inclined (to), prone (to). 

  • Likely; probable. 

pall

verb
  • To make vapid or insipid; to make lifeless or spiritless; to dull, to weaken. 

  • To become dull, insipid, tasteless, or vapid; to lose life, spirit, strength, or taste. 

  • To cloak or cover with, or as if with, a pall. 

noun
  • Something that covers or surrounds like a cloak; in particular, a cloud of dust, smoke, etc., or a feeling of fear, gloom, or suspicion. 

  • A piece of cardboard, covered with linen and embroidered on one side, used to cover the chalice during the Eucharist. 

  • A charge representing an archbishop's pallium, having the form of the letter Y charged with crosses. 

  • Especially in Roman Catholicism: a pallium (“liturgical vestment worn over the chasuble”). 

  • A heavy cloth laid over a coffin or tomb; a shroud laid over a corpse. 

How often have the words like and pall occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )